Lacing-hook-setting machine.



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Unites States- ATET GEORGE \V. ALLEN, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS TO ELIJAH F. LETVIS AND FRANCIS B. PERRY, OFSAME PLACE.

LAClNG-HOOK-SETTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,738, dated July 11,1899.

Application filed September 16, 1898. Serial No. 691,058. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE \V. ALLEN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Tauntion.

My invention relates to machines for setting shoe-lacing hooks; and itsobject is to provide an improved construction of the same which shallpossess superior advantages with respect to efliciency in use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of alacing-hook-setting machine constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a similar view looking from the opposite side, the hopperbeing broken away and the slide and blade being shown in their elevatedpositions by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section on the line a a, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 1s a transversesection on the line b b. Fig.

6 is a detail perspective view of the front of the machine, showing thereceiving-plate, the carrier, and the two-motion lever, and means foroperating the same. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view showing thecross-head and two-motion lever and connections. Fig. 8 is an elevationof the slotted cain-disk, which actuates the slide carrying the blade.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates the base of themachine, provided with a vertical wall 2, extending from end to end ofthe same. Secured to one side of this wall, at the rear end thereof, aretwo ways 3, consisting of vertical strips secured to the said wall andeach formed with a vertical groove 4. Fitting and working in thesegrooves is a vertically-movableslide 5, which forms the inner or backwall of a hopper 6, having an inclined bottom 7. This slide is of aboutthe same height as the wall and near its lower end is provided with twopins or studs 8, which project through and are movable in slots oropenings 9 in the said wall. Secured to these studs is avertically-movable plate 10, provided with a horizontal slot 12,

with which engages a roller 13, journaled on a pin 14, secured to alever 15, pivoted to the said wall. This lever is oscillated to elevatethe said plate and slide, as hereinafter described. The lower end ofsaid slide 5 is formed with an enlargement l6,the upper side end ofwhich is curved in the arc of a circle, forming a shoulder 17. Locatedabove this shoulder is a segmentalblade 18, which is pivoted to andmovable with the slide, and its face is flush with said enlargement. endof this blade is formed with a finger 19 and with a shoulder 20, adaptedto engage with the upper end of the shoulder 17, which forms a stop forthe blade. Upon the inner side the blade is formed with a lug 21, whichis adapted to engage with a pin 23, secured to the wall 2 as the slideis moved upwardly, and thus turn the blade on its pivot, so that theupper edge thereof will occupy an inclined position in line with aninclined track here inafter described. This blade, which is for thepurpose of feeding the hooks contained in the hopper to the track, is solocated in the hopper that there is a space between its inner side andthe inner side of the wall 2 sufficient to allow the cylindrical tube oreyelet of a hook to engage between the same, so that the tube or eyeletof the hook is always presented outwardly or carried along the outerface of the blade. Opposite openings 24 are formed in onset the ways 3and one of the sides of the hopper for the delivery of the hooks fromthe blade onto the track.

The numeral 25 designates a standard secured to the base 1, in which isjournaled a driving-shaft 26, provided with a disk 27 at the inner endformed with a cam-slot 28, in

which works a roller 29, journaled on a pin 30, secured to the lever 15.This shaft is also journaled in the wall 2 and may be driven by anysuitable means.

The numeral 31 designates an inclined track secured to the wall 2. Thistrack consists of a rectangular metal or other bar, and its lower end iscurved inwardly anddownwardly and secured to what I term a Freceiving-plate 34, secured to a forwardly-extending anvil 35. Thisplate is formed witha rectangular groove 36 in its upper side to receivethe hooks as they come from the track. Located above- The rear saidplate is a two-motion lever 37 which is transversely movable over theanvil and receiving-plate and which is also capable of an oscillatingmovement on its pivot. This lever is pivoted to a transversely-movablecrosshead 38, provided with a stud 39, which works in a guide-slot 40,formed in the front side of a standard or upright 41, secured to thebase 1. The lever 37 is provided with a tailpiece 42 at one end bywhich'it is oscillated, as hereinafter described. Said leverat thejunction therewith of the tailpiece is formed with adownwardlyprojecting lug 45, which is adapted to engage with a hook inthe receiving-plate and carry it to a carrier-plate, which presents itto a plunger, which clenches the eyelet. At the opposite end said leveris provided with a spring-actuated pin 46, which returns the lever tonormal position afterhav ing been moved outward or turned upon itspivot. At the rear or inner end said pin is supported by a bracket secured to ayoke hereinatter described. Working in a cylindrical recess inthe standard 41 is a rod 47, to which the stud 39 is secured. At itsouter end this rod is provided with a boss 48, formed with a peripheralgroove 49, with which engages a yoke 50. This yoke is carried by atransverse rod 51, which is movable in a plate 52, secured to thestandard 41, and in a standard 53, secured to the base 1. Said rod ispro vided with a collar 54, between which and the standard 53 isinterposed a coiled spring 56. The upper rear end of the said yoke isbeveled, and adapted to engage therewith is a cam 57, secured to theouter face of a disk 58, secured to the driving-shaft 26.

Vertically movable in a groove 59 in the front side of the standard 41is a slide 60, provided near its lower end with an offset 61, the upperend of which is beveled and adapted to engage with the tailpiece 42 ofthe lever 37, by which said lever is turned outward on its pivot.Pivotally connected with the lower end of slide 60 is a horizontalspring-actuated lever 62, which is pivoted to lugs 63, secured to thebase 1. The inner end of this leveris adapted to be struck bya cam 64 onthe periphery of a disk 65, fixed to the driving-shaft 26, by which saidlever is actuated and the slide 60 elevated.

Working in a groove 67 in the upper side of the anvil 35 is ahook-carrier (58, consisting ofa' rectangular block 69, formed with atransverse recess 70 extending therethrough, with an intersecting slot71 in its upper side, forming a ledge 72. The slot 71 is adapted to bebrought into coincidence with the recess in the receiving-plate and ahook therefrom be fed to the carrier by the horizontally-movable andoscillating lever, the tube or eyelet of the hook engaging with orresting on the ledge and the head thereof seating in the recess 70.Connected with the inner end of the carrier is a rod 72, which issecured to the vertical arm 73, secured to a slide 74, working in ahorizontal guide-groove 75 in the inner side or face of the standard 25.This slide is pro vided with a pin 76, on which is journaled a roller78, which works in a cam slot or opening 78 in the disk 65, by which theslide and carrier are reciprocated back and forth.

Pivoted to the upper end of the standard 41 is a lever 79, the inner endof which engages with a cam-disk 80, secured to the drivingshaft 26. Tothe outer end of this lever is pivoted a link 81, which in turn ispivoted to the upper end of avertically-xnovable plunger 82, whichpasses through a guide hole or aperture in a bracket 83, secured to orforming part of the standard 41. A rod 84 is interposed between saidbracket and lever, provided with a coiled spring 85, which elevates theplunger after having been depressed by the lever and cam-disk.

The lacing-hooks which I use in connection with my machine are of thatclass or description which comprise a tube or eyelet adapted to bepassed through a hole in the upper of a shoe and be clenched down uponthe latter and a head and shank with which the shoelacing engages.

The operation of the invention is as follows: The books are placed inthe hopper andthe machine set in motion by the driving-shaft. As saidshaft rotates the slide 5 will be vertically reciprocated through themedium of the plate 10, lever l 5, and cam-disk 27. Upon the upstroke ofthe slide 5 the lug 21 thereof will strike the pin 23, causing the bladeto turn on its pivot, so that its upper edge will come into alinementwith the inclined track, as shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 2. As saidblade is thus turned its upper edge willseize the hooks, engagingbetween their eyelets and heads, and carry them upward, from whence theywill slide off through the side of the hopper. onto the inclined track,from whence they will be fed by gravity to the receiving-plate 34. Asbefore stated, the space between the said blade and the slide 5 issu-fficient to admit the heads of the hooks, but not the eyelets, sothat the latter will always point outward when sliding down the track.As the hooks approach the lower bent or curved end of the track theoscillating lever 37 will, by means of the offset 61, verticallymovableslide 60, lever 62, and cam 64, be turned outwardly on its pivot, sothat its lug 45 will engage with one of the hooks in the recess ofreceiving-plate 34. The said lever will now be moved transversely acrossthe carrier 68 by means of the cross-head 38, stud 39, rod 47, yoke 50,and cam 57. As the lever 37is thus moved transverselyits lug will feedthe hook into the opening and recess in the carrier. When the cam 57leaves the yoke, the coiled spring 56 will return the cross-head 3-8 andlever 37 to normal position. At the same time the slide 60 will bedepressed, allowing the tailpiece of the lever to ride off of the oifset61 and the lever 37 to be turned on its pivot to normal position andallow its lug to again engage with a new hook upon the next movement ofthe lever. The carrier contain ing the hook will now be moved outwardlyor forwardly by its connections and the camdisk and be brought under theplunger, when the hole in the shoe-upper will be engaged by the tube oreyelet of the hook. The plunger will then be depressed and the eyelet ortube be clenched to the upper. The hook is now disengaged from thecarrier,when the latter will be returned to normal position and'theoperation will be repeated to engage another hook with the upper.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In alacing-hook-setting machine, the combination with the base, the verticalwall formed with slots near one end, the hopper having an inclinedbottom, the verticallymovable slide provided with pins near the lowerend projecting through said slots, the plate to which said pins aresecured having a horizontal slot, the pivoted lever provided with a pinand roller engaging therewith and the cam-disk for operating saidroller, of the segment-plate pivoted to said slide having a lug, the pinwith which said lug is adapted to engage and the inclined track,substantially as described.

2. In a lacing-hook-setting machine, the combination with the inclinedtrack having its lower end curved inwardly of the stationaryreceiving-plate having a recess therein, the oscillating andtransverselymovable lever and means for actuating the same, thehorizontally-movable carrier having an opening therethrough and anintersecting slot in its upper end and the vertically-movable plunger,substantially as described.

3. In a lacing-hook-setting machine, the combination with the inclinedtrack having its lower end curved inwardly, of the receivingplate havinga recess in its upper side, the pivoted lever having a lug andtailpiece, the vertically-movable slide having a beveled offset adaptedto engage with said tailpiece, and means for operating said slide,substantially as described.

4.. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, the combination with theinclined track having its lower end curved inwardly, of thereceiving-plate having a recess in its upper side, the pivoted leverhaving a lug and a tailpiece, the vertically-movable slide having anoffset adapted to engage with said tailpiece, the spring-actuated leverwith which said slide is pivotally connected, and the disk provided witha peripheral cam for operating said lever, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, the combination with theinclined track having its lower end curved inwardly, of thereceiving-plate havinga recess in its upper side,

the lever having a lug, the cross-head to which said lever is pivoted,the stud connected therewith, the transverse rod, the grooved boss, theyoke engaging therewith, the spring-actuated rod, the rotatable disk andthe cam secured thereto, and adapted to engage with said yoke,substantially as described.

6. In amachine for setting lacing hooks, the combination with theinclined track having its lower end curved inwardly, the receiving-platehaving a recess in its upper side, the oscillating andtransverselymovable lever having a lug and tailpiece, theverticallymovable slide having an offset, the trans versely-movablecross-head to which said lever is pivoted, the stud secured thereto, therod secured to said stud, the grooved boss, the yoke, thespring-actuated rod to which said yoke is secured and the disk and cam,substantially as described.

7. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, the combination with theinclined track having its lower end inclined inwardly and the stationaryreceiving-plate having a recess in its upper side, of thehorizontaliy-reciprocating carrier having an opening extendingtherethrough and an intersecting slot in its upper side, thevertically-movable plunger and means for feeding a lacing-hook to saidcarrier and means for operating said carrier and plunger, substantiallyas described.

8. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, the combination with theinclined track having its lower end curved inwardly, and thereceiving-plate having a recess in its upper side, of the carrier havingan opening extending therethrough and an intersecting slot, the rodconnected with said carrier, the bracket, the horizontally-movable plateto which said bracket is secured and the disk provided with a cam-slotfor reciprocating said plate, sub stantially as described.

9. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, the combination with thereceiving-plate having a recess in its upper side, and the oscil latingand transversely-movable lever and means for oscillating andreciprocating the same, of the horizontally-movable carrier having anopening extending therethrough and an intersecting slot, thehorizontally-reciprocating plate and connections with said carrier,

the pin and roller connected therewith and the rotatable disk formedwith a cam-slot with which said roller engages, substantially asdescribed.

10. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, the combination with thereceiving-plate having a recess in its upper side, thehorizontallyreciprocating carrier having an opening extending therethrough and an intersecting slot, and the rotatable disk having acam-slot and the connections between said disk and carrier, of theoscillating lever having a lug and tailpiece, the vertically-movableslide having an offset adapted to engage with said tailpiece, and thecross-head to which said lever is pivoted and means for transverselyrecipr0- eating the same, substantially as described.

11. In a machine for setting. lacing-hooks, the combination with thereceiving-plate havin g a recess in its upper side, thehorizontallymovable carrier having an opening extending therethrough andan intersecting slot, the rotatable disk having a cam-slot therein andconnections with said carrier, of the oscillating spring-actuated leverhaving a lug and tailpiece, the verticallymovable slide having anoffset, the transversely-in ovabl'e crosshead to which said lever ispivoted, the transversely-movable spring-actuated yoke and connectionswith said cross-head, the rotatable disk and the cam secured thereto foractuating said yoke, substantially as described.

12. In a machine for setting lacing-hooks, the combination With thehorizontally-movable carrier having an opening extending

